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Thursday, June 27, 2024
A CMA CGM containerships transits the Panama Canal
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Panama Canal Boosts Capacity on Eighth Anniversary of Expansion Project

The Panama Canal is marking the eighth anniversary of its historic expansion program by increasing its draft and daily transits amid an ongoing water crisis.

June 27, 2024
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Thursday, May 30, 2024
A tanker transits through the Panamax locks of the Panama Canal. Photo courtesy Panama Canal Authority
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Panama Canal Increases Maximum Draft Ahead of Schedule

The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday an increase in the maximum authorized draft of the Panama Canal’s Neopanamax locks to 45 feet, bringing it

May 30, 2024
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, are entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side.
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Panama Canal Increases Booking Slots Amid Expected Rainfall

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced an increase in booking slots for its Panamax locks starting mid-May, in response to current and predicted water

April 16, 2024
Total Views: 1494

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
An LNG carrier transits through the Panama Canal. Photo credit: Flystock/Shutterstock
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Panama Canal Forced to Balance Shipping Demand with Need for Drinking Water

By Anastasia Moloney PANAMA CITY, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a colossal Chinese container ship maneuvered into the narrow Miraflores

March 20, 2024
Total Views: 2930

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, are entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side.
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Facing a Water Crisis, Panama Canal Pledges $8.5 Billion Towards Climate Resilience

The Panama Canal Authority has announced plans to allocate more than $8.5 billion in capital investments towards sustainability projects over the next five

February 21, 2024
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
FILE PHOTO: The Liberian MSC UNITED VIII container ship transits in the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo
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Crowley to Launch LNG Bunkering at Panama Canal

US-based maritime company Crowley has announced plans to launch liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering along the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. The bunkering

October 24, 2023
Total Views: 2524

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
panama canal lng transit record
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Panama Canal Sees Falling Cargo Volumes Ahead

By Milagro Vallecillos PANAMA CITY, March 8 (Reuters) – The amount of cargo passing through the Panama Canal is expected to shrink this fiscal

March 8, 2023
Total Views: 7261

Sunday, September 27, 2020
Panama Canal Authority Wins $265 Million Arbitration Case Against Expansion Project Contractor
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Panama Canal Authority Wins $265 Million Arbitration Case Against Expansion Project Contractor

PANAMA CITY, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority said it won an arbitration ruling on Friday for $265 million to be returned to it from the

September 27, 2020
Total Views: 176

Friday, September 6, 2019
Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales Takes the Helm of the Panama Canal
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Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales Takes the Helm of the Panama Canal

Panama has be sworn-in Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, Ph.D. as the new administrator of the Panama Canal, superseding Jorge L. Quijano after seven years as the

September 6, 2019
Total Views: 1178

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The motor vessel Triton becomes the largest ship to transit the Expanded Panama Canal
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Expanded Panama Canal Breaks 15,000 TEU Vessel Threshold

The Panama Canal completed a trial transit of Evergreen’s Triton, the largest ship by dimension and container cargo capacity to pass through the Expanded

May 15, 2019
Total Views: 308

Tuesday, December 11, 2018
panama canal tonnage record
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ITF: Panama Canal Authority On Course to Undermine Reputation of Panama’s Most Vital National Asset

Below is a statement provided by the International Transport Workers’ Federation in response to the Panama Canal Authority’s (ACP) alleged rebuke

December 11, 2018
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Thursday, December 6, 2018
CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt
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ITF: Fatigue of Panama Canal Tugboat Captains is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Fatigue of Panama Canal tugboat poses a major threat to safety in the operation of the canal’s Neopanamax locks, according to a new independent study

December 6, 2018
Total Views: 154
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